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Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan statement on Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan statement on Jammu and Kashmir

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador to express its “strong reservations” over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier.

IBNSOct 12, 2025
15 Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban retaliates after Kabul airstrikes

15 Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban retaliates after Kabul airstrikes

Kabul: Taliban forces launched retaliatory attacks following Pakistani airstrikes in Helmand province, killing 15 Pakistani soldiers after strikes that also targeted Kabul, media reports said.

IBNSOct 12, 2025
'I didn't say give it to me': Donald Trump says Nobel Peace Prize winner called him

'I didn't say give it to me': Donald Trump says Nobel Peace Prize winner called him

US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to not winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, claiming that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, this year’s laureate, told him she accepted the award “in honour” of him.

IBNSOct 12, 2025
Taliban, Pakistani forces clash along border after alleged air strikes

Taliban, Pakistani forces clash along border after alleged air strikes

Armed clashes erupted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Saturday after the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes inside Afghan territory, escalating already fraught relations between the two neighbours, media reports said.

IBNSOct 12, 2025
Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo to join University of Zurich in 2026

Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo to join University of Zurich in 2026

Renowned development economists and Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join the University of Zurich’s (UZH) Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics in July 2026.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Hamas to boycott Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, calls Trump’s proposal ‘absurd’

Hamas to boycott Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, calls Trump’s proposal ‘absurd’

Gaza: Palestinian militant group Hamas will skip the official signing of the Gaza peace deal in Egypt, a senior leader told AFP, citing disagreements with parts of Donald Trump’s plan — a move that throws the future of the long-anticipated accord into uncertainty.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Four dead, 12 injured in Mississippi mass shooting after high school football game

Four dead, 12 injured in Mississippi mass shooting after high school football game

Leland (Mississippi, US): At least four people were killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting that took place shortly after a football game past midnight on Friday in the US state of Mississippi, the BBC reported.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Pakistan: Dascu workers protest against non-payment of wages

Pakistan: Dascu workers protest against non-payment of wages

The Dasu hydropower project workers demonstrated for the second consecutive day on Friday, demanding the release of their wages in line with the labour laws.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Giorgia Meloni’s party introduces bill to ban burqa, niqab in Italy’s public spaces

Giorgia Meloni’s party introduces bill to ban burqa, niqab in Italy’s public spaces

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has introduced a bill seeking to ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in public spaces, citing concerns over “Islamic separatism,” reports said.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Unintentional: Taliban spokesperson defends 'all-men' Muttaqi press conference

Unintentional: Taliban spokesperson defends 'all-men' Muttaqi press conference

Afghan Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen on Saturday defended the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference addressed by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, describing it as “unintentional” and not a policy decision.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Pakistan: Terrorists attack police training school in Dera Ismail Khan, seven officers killed

Pakistan: Terrorists attack police training school in Dera Ismail Khan, seven officers killed

At least six terrorists and seven police officers were killed after militants attacked a police training school in the Ratta Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Pakistan, on Saturday, according to media reports.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Trump warns of imposing additional 100 percent tariffs on China

Trump warns of imposing additional 100 percent tariffs on China

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional 100 percent tariffs on China, reigniting the trade war with the world's second-strongest economy.

IBNSOct 11, 2025
Quran burning case: UK court overturns conviction of man in free speech ruling

Quran burning case: UK court overturns conviction of man in free speech ruling

A British appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a man who had been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London, media reports said.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
María Corina Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelans, Donald Trump

María Corina Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelans, Donald Trump

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado dedicated her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to the people of Venezuela and to US President Donald Trump, praising what she called his “decisive support” for her country’s pro-democracy movement.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
'They place politics over peace': White House after Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize over Trump

'They place politics over peace': White House after Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize over Trump

In a strong reaction following the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to Venezuelan opposition leader and pro-democracy activist María Corina Machado, the White House alleged that it was “politics over peace”, saying US President Donald Trump will continue "ending wars".

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Pakistan: Gwadar residents stage sit-in against severe water shortage

Pakistan: Gwadar residents stage sit-in against severe water shortage

Residents of Gwadar city recently staged a sit-in outside the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) office to demonstrate against the worsening water crisis in the region.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Pakistan: Voice for Baloch Missing Persons continues protest outside Quetta Press Club amid new abduction report

Pakistan: Voice for Baloch Missing Persons continues protest outside Quetta Press Club amid new abduction report

The protest camp of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has completed 5,962nd day outside the Quetta Press Club, with the organisation recording a new case of enforced disappearance involving a young man named Saqib Ahmed Buzdar.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
No Nobel for Trump, Maria Corina Machado awarded Peace Prize

No Nobel for Trump, Maria Corina Machado awarded Peace Prize

Venezuela's influential opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of her nation and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Pakistan strikes Kabul at a time Afghan Foreign Minister makes maiden India visit

Pakistan strikes Kabul at a time Afghan Foreign Minister makes maiden India visit

Kabul/IBNS: Pakistan carried out an airstrike in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Thursday night coinciding with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's maiden India visit, media reports said.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, says Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu amid Gaza deal

Give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, says Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu amid Gaza deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday urged the Nobel Committee to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying he “deserves it” for his role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire agreement.

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Ukraine: Child killed, 12 injured in attacks on Russian cities

Ukraine: Child killed, 12 injured in attacks on Russian cities

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Obama got it for doing nothing, Trump targets former President ahead of Nobel Peace Prize announcement

Obama got it for doing nothing, Trump targets former President ahead of Nobel Peace Prize announcement

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted former President Barack Obama, saying he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for doing nothing” and for “destroying the nation.”

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Obama for it for doing nothing, Trump targets former President ahead of Nobel Peace Prize announcement

Obama for it for doing nothing, Trump targets former President ahead of Nobel Peace Prize announcement

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted former President Barack Obama, saying he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for doing nothing” and for “destroying the nation.”

IBNSOct 10, 2025
Qatar Airways sued over passenger’s death onboard after crew tell him to ‘eat around’ meat

Qatar Airways sued over passenger’s death onboard after crew tell him to ‘eat around’ meat

An octogenarian passenger choked and died while flying with Qatar Airways after the flight crew told him to ‘eat-around’ the meat in the regular non-vegetarian meal served.

IBNSOct 09, 2025
Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of Gaza truce deal

Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of Gaza truce deal

Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has announced Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Gaza peace deal.

IBNSOct 09, 2025
Ex-IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath evaluates Trump's tariff imposition move, calls overall impact ‘negative’

Ex-IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath evaluates Trump's tariff imposition move, calls overall impact ‘negative’

Harvard Economics Professor and former IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has assessed the impact of the tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration, concluding that their overall effect has been negative.

IBNSOct 08, 2025
Italy's ruling party proposes nationwide ban on burqa, face coverings in public

Italy's ruling party proposes nationwide ban on burqa, face coverings in public

Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party on Wednesday introduced legislation seeking to ban the burqa and niqab in all public spaces, as part of a broader effort to combat what it described as “cultural separatism” linked to Islam.

IBNSOct 08, 2025
Diwali now state holiday in California, Indian-American Hindu community thanks Governor Newsom

Diwali now state holiday in California, Indian-American Hindu community thanks Governor Newsom

Sacramento/IBNS: The Indian-American Hindu groups have thanked California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing a bill into a law marking Diwali as a state holiday, media reports said.

IBNSOct 08, 2025
Vegetarian passenger dies choking on Qatar Airways flight after being told to ‘eat around the meat’

Vegetarian passenger dies choking on Qatar Airways flight after being told to ‘eat around the meat’

An 85-year-old American cardiologist died after allegedly choking on a meal served on a Qatar Airways flight, with his family claiming he was denied the vegetarian food he had pre-booked.

IBNSOct 08, 2025
Houthi rebels detain 10 more UN personnel in Yemen, Guterres condemns

Houthi rebels detain 10 more UN personnel in Yemen, Guterres condemns

Houthi rebels have detained 10 more UN personnel in Yemen, bringing the total number to 54 since 2021.

IBNSOct 08, 2025

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